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The 2018 PPMI Annual Investigators Meeting took place on May 2-3 in New York City. There were more than 200 attendees present, including PPMI investigators and coordinators, Industry Scientific Advisory Board representatives, The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders fellows and fellowship directors, the PPMI Patient Committee, and the PPMI Steering Committee. This meeting […]

Wearable sensors to monitor health-related measures like heart rate, glucose levels, or physical activity are helping people assess their own health and enabling research in treating and understanding chronic disease. The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) and Verily Life Sciences LLC, an Alphabet company, are collaborating to use wearable devices — in conjunction with clinic-based data and […]

We are excited to announce a recent research article using longitudinal data from PPMI has been accepted to Movement Disorders. Members of the PPMI Steering Committee, including Dr. Tanya Simuni of Northwestern University, authored this publication on behalf of PPMI. The study, entitled Longitudinal Change of Clinical and Biological Measures in Early Parkinson’s Disease: Parkinson’s […]

PPMI is a nimble study designed to allow for quick adaptation to emerging needs in the Parkinson’s disease (PD) research field. In response to increased interest from researchers in well-characterized induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) adult cells capable of giving rise to any human cell type, PPMI launched the Golub Capital iPSC Sub-Study in collaboration […]

All PPMI participants are encouraged to call in for our quarterly study update call, tomorrow at 12 pm EST. Dr. Daniel Weintraub will discuss the impact of PD on cognition. Dr. Weintraub’s talk will center around his recent publication of PPMI data in the journal PLoS One. You can read the full research article online.

Cell lines derived from PPMI participants, PBMCs become available on a rolling basis as they are reprogrammed; some lines are available now. For more information, please email resources@michaeljfox.org. Information about additional tools for PD research, including animal models, antibodies, and assays, can be found on the Michael J. Fox Foundation website. The Parkinson’s Progression […]

The 21st International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (MDS) conference will take place next week, June 4-8, in Vancouver, Canada. PPMI leadership is happy to announce that several posters will feature PPMI data. We invite you to look for PPMI at this year’s meeting: Blue Ribbon Highlight: 840 Multiple modality biomarker prediction […]

Nearly 180 PPMI investigators, coordinators, study cores, patient advisory and steering committee members, sponsors, and industry partners from around the world met in New York City May 3-4, 2017 to share PPMI study and scientific updates and to discuss the future of the initiative. The annual meeting remains a critical component to the study. It […]